The Newly Regenerated Doctor Who Thread

[Mr Nutt]

Originally Posted by coolsome

You don't need to be embarrassed. It's not like anyone will remeber.

Oh yeah, of course!

Originally Posted by Alcoremortis

Just wait for college and then go Trick or Treating at the dorm. I've heard you get the most interesting things when you do that. Though, I'd recommend you wear gloves and use a bag that you don't mind throwing away afterwards.

Do NOT use your pillowcase.

I'll keep that in mind if I ever need to go to University (College is different here in England).

[Remolay]

Originally Posted by Mr Nutt

I completely forgot about that game! I was busy answering he door to trick or treaters... while dressed as a Silence.

Silent. The singular is Silent.

/nitpick

[Mr Nutt]

Originally Posted by Remolay

Silent. The singular is Silent.

/nitpick

Well it is late... I should probably go to bed or something.

[Friar]

Pfft. Sleep is for the weak.
Unless bunkbeds are involved. :-P

I didn't see a single doctor who outfit last night. And the family wouldn't let me turn the dog into K9. Sadface.

[Darth Marsden]

Has anyone else tried the latest Doctor Who Adventure Game? I'm a little concerned because the installer has sat there for ten minutes not doing a damned thing. I can't even click the 'Cancel' button. It's like the thing's crashed.

And this is the second time I've downloaded it. Same thing happened with the first. I really don't want to download a 810MB file a third time, so someone else tell me they had the same thing!

EDIT: Looks like I was just panicking. It has installed, I just needed to leave it for around 15 minutes. Nice and professional there.

[Friar]

Yeah, I had issues too. Oddly enough, when I ignored the advice to close all programs, and opened up my internet browser, it started installing fine. Something to do with it confirming your location/TV license paying-ness.

[Mr Nutt]

I've just finished it and while it's longer it's very buggy, I managed to skip two parts around the end thanks to being able to walk through solid objects.

[Ribs]

Well, enjoy it, as this episode is apparently the entirety of the second series.

[Darth Marsden]

That's 'entirety of the second series of Adventure Games'. Don't want anyone getting confused, what with all the rumours of Matt Smith leaving! (Rumours he's denying, by the way.)

But yeah, this sucks. Especially as they've fixed absolutely none of the issues I had with the previous series of Adventure Games. Except maybe how short it was - this one seems pretty big, and given the download size, I should bloody well hope so.

Notes I mentally made during the game:

- Wow, these character movements are awkward. They're like marionette puppets being pulled on strings, or maybe robots tat don't quite understand human movement.
- Why does Rory never blink? His eyes seem to be staring into my soul. Please stop cutting to close-ups of him, it's very unnerving.
- Oh look, the very first thing we do in this 'Adventure Game' is a pointless platforming section to retrieve a lost screwdriver. Joy.
- Dear god, does no-one have any emotions? This must have been the most boring set of line readings ever.
- Oh look, it's that stupidly pointless room from TARDIS. And it's still stupidly pointless. Kinda fun reading all the facts, even if it is stupidly pointless.
- Hey, we can combine inventory items now. Nice, but I can't see it having that many applications. This is for kids, y'know.
- Dear god, the back half of Rory's head looks wrong! Arthur Darvill must be ashamed of what they did to him! And what's with the shoulders? Why can no-one ever get the shoulders right? It's like his jacket is two sizes too big and someone's left the hanger in them.
- More stealth sections! Yay! Only now they're pathetically easy with no-one to spot me and they get broken up every 20 seconds to eavesdrop on someone delivering unbelievably forced exposition. Woo.
- Wait, all this is part of one huge level? No wonder it took ages to load.
- God, not even the extras can put emotion into their voice! Is the script really that bad?
- OK, I know they kiss in the series, but doing it in a game, especially with the Robo-Rory, is just plain wrong.
- How come no-one is questioning Amy being in modern day clothes? She stands out like a sore thumb.
- Rutans! Awesome! And the appearance is actually fairly faithful! Phil Ford's done his homework. Nerd points to him.
- That's supposed to be someone from 1605 or whatever? Oh dear lord, that's a horrendous accent!

...so yeah, it's not that good. Haven't finished it due to utter indifference, but I can't imagine the rest of the game suddenly being 300% better.

[Friar]

I'm actually liking it so far...
Sure it's easy, and the performances aren't stellar, but everything just seems much better than the last series. The graphics are actually pretty decent this time too, and they obviously spent a lot of time crafting the environments. Plus, you could actually walk from the outside world into the TARDIS, which was pretty neat (not just when you're finding the screwdriver, but when you've landed in London).

Although I've just got past a bit where The doctor randomly decides to help the conspirators However, I liked how they haven't been portrayed as evil or whatever. That's been left for the player to decide.

Still, not a patch on what telltale could do with the franchise, but I think (for me at least) it's wandered into a realm where I wouldn't mind paying a few quid for an episode.

Also, Rory seems to have fish eyes.

[Mr Nutt]

So was I the only one who ran into glitches where I walked off of the face of the Earth by walking into a wall or a fence? Also it was kind of odd how during one stealth section when I walked into a table the Sontarans in the room disappeared from existence.

[Friar]

I think I've had two bugs so far. One was when I fell in the thames I fell through the earth and teleported back to the shore. And the other I fell through a fence (and teleported back where I was before). Nothing game breaking. I had worse in the original series.

[coolsome]

I miss the Daleks being powerfull! you know people cowing in fear of them! not MERCY!!!!

[divisionten]

Originally Posted by coolsome

I miss the Daleks being powerfull! you know people cowing in fear of them! not MERCY!!!!

To be fair, that WAS Rory's daughter he was facing.

[coolsome]

Originally Posted by divisionten

To be fair, that WAS Rory's daughter he was facing.

Yh but the Daleks have turned into jobbers now. Where as before they scared even The Doctor sometimes.

[Darth Marsden]

Originally Posted by coolsome

Yh but the Daleks have turned into jobbers now. Where as before they scared even The Doctor sometimes.

That could be because he's used to them constantly popping up. In Dalek, it was the very last Dalek, the race that destroyed his people. But it quickly became apparent that it wasn't, and they've been constantly appearing ever since. Even the Doctor must feel like shrugging his shoulders and saying "What, you lot again?" by this point.

If he actually does something like that next time they appear, I want a cookie.

[coolsome]

Series 5 was in my opinion better then series 6. Series 5 cracks in the skin of the universe story was better then the rly in your face The doctor will die.

[Darth Marsden]

While I love Matt Smith, I feel the overarching story overshadows the individual ones and I'm finding myself increasingly turned off by it. It's actually kind of irritating - I want to like this show, but I just... I find it really hard to do so when it's almost completely different from the Eccleston era, the series I fell in love with.

Like the 'Saints Row 2' of Doctor Who, if you will. Now it's Red Faction: Guerilla. Still good in its own way, but it's not the same thing.

...god that was nerdy.

[coolsome]

The Silence are annoying! In series 5 we thought they where a powerful entity trying to blow the universe up simple and entertaining. Now there hell bent on saving the universe from the question. Which make there Univeral ending actions just bumbling mistakes. Also it focases way to much on The Doctor him self I know the shows about him but it should be about him saving the universe from monsters not saving him self from them with nothing else on the line.

[Ribs]

We're seeing their plans in reverse. Plan Two; Send a Woman to kill the Doctor. Plan Three: Send the equivalent of the A-Team to lock the Doctor up and attempt to destroy the universe. The question is now what is plan one?

You forget the Silence can control people's actions by suggestion. It's a dangerous tool I expect to become vital. Madame Kovarian was probably a good person who was told she hates the Doctor by the Silence and therefore she does.

Also; the show has never been the same show from era to era. The show started as an educational tool, turned into a fright-of-the-week monster half hour, then into a military drama, then into a gothic horror, then into a slapstick humor, then hard sci-fi, then back to a bizarre mixture of the previous three, into a Teacher-and-Apprentice show, then into a big damn movie, then a story about a man with humongous Survivor's Guilt. Now it's taken the form of a dark fairytale, reminscent of Gothic Horror. Not every era's to everyone's tastes. The eras I find myself most enjoying are Pertwee (Military Drama) and McCoy (Ooh, controversial opinion! Teacher-and-Apprentice Show), but I find aspects of each era to my liking. I very much like the feel of the Davison serials (Hard Sci-Fi with lots of Adventure), but I think that the stories aren't any good.

That said, my average grade for the Moffat era is probably far and away much higher than the RTD years. The only episode I didn't really enjoy yet has been Closing Time, but even that's saved by the last ten minutes. Whereas RTD constantly had episodes like The Long Game, Tooth and Claw, Love and Monsters, Fear Her, Gridlock, and the Waters of Mars. (I am intentionally leaving three episodes most people love that I can't stand there). Although Series Four is probably my favorite series since the revival, I enjoy the Moffat era much more right now.